Plau am See () is a town in the

Ludwigslust-Parchim Ludwigslust-Parchim is a district in the west of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. It is bordered by (clockwise starting from the west) the state Schleswig-Holstein, the district Nordwestmecklenburg, the district-free city Schwerin, the distri ...

district, in

Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (MV; ; nds, Mäkelborg-Vörpommern), also known by its anglicized name Mecklenburg–Western Pomerania, is a state in the north-east of Germany. Of the country's sixteen states, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern ranks 14th in po ...

, Germany. It is situated 28 km east of

Parchim Parchim (; Mecklenburgisch: ''Parchen'') is a town in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. It is the capital of the Ludwigslust-Parchim district. It was the birthplace of Helmuth von Moltke the Elder, to whom a monument was erected in 1876. Foun ...

, and 29 km west of Waren. Around 1235 the city was called Plawe, that being the Polabian field name for the place where rafting is practiced. The name lasted until the 16th century and was then written according to its German phonetic form Plau. On 11 January 1994, the name of the city was modified by the addition of ''am See'' (on Lake) to remove confusion with the similarly named towns of

Plaue Plaue is a town in the Ilm-Kreis district, in Thuringia, Germany. It is situated on the river Gera, 11 km north of Ilmenau, and 8 km southwest of Arnstadt. The former municipality Neusiß was merged into Plaue in January 2019. Plaue sta ...

Plauen Plauen (; Czech: ''Plavno'') is, with around 65,000 inhabitants, the fifth-largest city of Saxony, Germany after Leipzig, Dresden, Chemnitz and Zwickau, the second-largest city of the Vogtland after Gera, as well as the largest city in t ...

and

. At the edge of town, there is a protected forest habitat named Plauer Stadtwald (literally: Plau city forest). Among the sights in town are a historic church building, the ruins of the Burg Plau castle and a bridge that may be vertically lifted to allow boats on the channel below to pass through.Experience Germany: Plauer See
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People

Anna of Mecklenburg-Schwerin Anna, Princess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (14 September 1485, Plau am See – 12 May 1525,Last documented alive on May 11, 1525. Earlier literature indicated April 28, May 5 or 6, but this is incorrect. She was buried on May 15, 1525 Rödelhe ...

(1484-1525), by marriage Landgravine of Hesse. * Friedrich Lange (1834-1875), German artist and painter *

Friedrich Bohndorff Friedrich Bohndorff (16 August 1848, Plau am See, Mecklenburg-Schwerin - after 1894) was a German researcher and ornithologist. Initially apprenticed as a goldsmith, Bohndorff embarked on a journey in 1871 to Egypt, where he spent a few years ...

(1848-after 1894), German researcher and ornithologist *

Alfred Brunswig Alfred Brunswig (born 13 June 1877 in Plau am See; died 22 June 1927 in Münster) was a German philosopher. He taught at Westphalian Wilhelms-University in Münster ( Westphalia). After graduation in Munich 1896 he studied there and in Berlin ...

(1877-1927), German philosopher * Peter Paetzold (born 1935), German chemist Image:Plau_town_hall.jpg, Town hall Image:Plau_Burgturm.jpg, Tower of former castle Image:Plau_lift_bridge.jpg, Lift bridge

References

External links

Official website
Cities and towns in Mecklenburg Ludwigslust-Parchim 1226 establishments in Europe Populated places established in the 13th century {{LudwigslustParchim-geo-stub